Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes

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Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes
Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [1]
Genres
Years active2008–2011, 2013–present
Labels
Members
  • Lachlan Bryan
  • Mat Duniam
  • Shaun Ryan
Website http://www.lachlanbryan.com

Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes (formerly known as The Wildes) are an alt-country music group from Melbourne, Australia. [2] The group received attention in their home country for debut album Ballad of a Young Married Man, released in 2009 through Sydney record label Select Global before briefly disbanding.

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The band reformed in 2013 under the name Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes and released the album Black Coffee in September of that year. The album won the group their first Golden Guitar award and Music Victoria awards.

History

2008–2011: The Wildes and Ballad of a Young Married Man

Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes grew up in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, before moving into the inner-city music scene. [2]

They recorded and released their debut record with producer Jonathan Burnside in 2009. [2] [3] Tim Ritchie from Australian Broadcasting Corporation called it one of his favourite albums of 2009. [4]

In late 2009 The Wildes composed and recorded music for Sean Genders' short film Edge of Reality, produced by Mat Hearne (Wolf Creek) and starring Australian screen icon John Jarratt.[ citation needed ]

After two years of solid touring, The Wildes began work on a follow-up album titled Sweet Bird of Youth. The recordings were made in Adelaide with Burnside again at the helm. The band were unhappy with their performance in the studio and abandoned the record in early 2011 and the group disbanded.[ citation needed ]

2012: Lachlan Bryan solo Shadow of the Gun

Lachlan Bryan signed a solo deal with new label Core Music and released the album Shadow of the Gun in January 2012. Bill Chambers said "While Lachlan Bryan's music is fresh and original, it reminds me of my favourite singer songwriters. He's the real deal." and Catherine Britt said "Unquestionably one of the most talented and exciting up and coming singer songwriters." [5] Members of The Wildes continued to tour with Bryan to support this album.[ citation needed ]

2013–2019: Black Coffee

In 2013, the group, reformed under the name Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes. They completed Black Coffee with producer Rod McCormack at The Music Cellar on the NSW central coast in June of that year, releasing the album in September 2013. The title track is a tribute to Bryan's grandfather who taught him to take his coffee "sweet as sin, hot as hell, and black as pitch." [6] Black Coffee debuted at number 12 on the ARIA Australian Album Chart and reached number 4 on the ARIA Country Album chart.

At the 2014 Country Music Awards of Australia, Black Coffee was won the Golden Guitar for Alternative Country Album of the Year. [7] Later in 2014, Black Coffee won the Music Victoria Awards for Best Country Album. [7]

In September 2015, the group released The Mountain. Australian Broadcasting Corporation said it's "Another great album of unusual songs and well crafted arrangements." [7]

In February 2018, the group released Some Girls (Quite) Like Country Music, with Lachlan saying "We wanted to make an adult-sounding country record." [8]

2020–present: Social Family Records

In August 2020, the group announced they had signed with Social Family Records. [9]

In April 2021, the group released Nearest Misses Live, an album recorded in 2019. Lachlan Bryan said "These recordings really caught us in our best form and I don't think we really appreciated that at the time. It's a set of audience favourites and we played them really well - we couldn't be prouder of how they've come up". [10] The album debuted at number 38 on the ARIA Chart.

In September 2021, Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes album, As Long as It's Not Us debuted at number 30 on the ARIA Albums Chart. [1]

In 2021, Bryan collaborated with Catherine Britt and formed The Pleasures. The Pleasures released their debut single "The Beginning of the End" in January 2022 [11] and album of the same name on 4 August 2023. [12] The album debuted at number 20 on the Australian ARIA Country Albums chart. [13]

Members

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with release date and label shown
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[14]
Ballad of a Young Married Man
(as The Wildes)
  • Released: 2009 [15]
  • Label: Select Global (TW102)
Black Coffee
  • Released: September 2013 [16]
  • Label: WJO
The Mountain
  • Released: September 2015 [17]
  • Label: ABC Music (4749806)
Some Girls (Quite) Like Country Music
  • Released: February 2018 [18]
  • Label: ABC Music (6738582)
As Long as It's Not Us
  • Released: 17 September 2021
  • Label: Social Family Records (SFR0124)
  • Formats: CD, DD, streaming
30

Live albums

List of albums, with release date and label shown
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[14]
Nearest Misses Live38

Awards and nominations

Country Music Awards (CMAA)

The Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. Lachlan Bryan & the Wildes has won one award. [20] [21]

YearNominee / workAwardResult (wins only)
2014Black CoffeeAlternative Country Album of the YearWon

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2014 Black CoffeeBest Country AlbumWon [22] [23]
2021 Lachlan Bryan & the WildesBest Country ActNominated [24] [25]
2022 Lachlan Bryan & the WildesBest Country WorkNominated [26] [27]

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